Latest from Kaipara District

Man charged with 10 Northland arsons

A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest

Mangawhai residents face water shortage

Some Mangawhai residents are out of water and facing longer delays to replenish their tanks after WaterCare turned off the taps at their closest filling stations.

Man charged over Northland fire

A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.

Total fire ban across Northland from tonight

SUP080117NADFIRE3.JPGA number of suspicious or carelessly-lit fires, like this one at Pipiwai on Saturday has sparked a total fire

Fairy tern chick's dramatic rescue

As rescuers scoured Kaipara Harbour for survivors of fishing charter tragedy, conservationists were performing a rescue operation of their own nearby.

'Explosion' at school pool really just a 'pop and crackle'

JS291216NADPOOL047.JPG/CHEMICAL MISHAP: A man tending Ruawai College's pool was under observation yesterday after he accidentally

Truck driver injured in crash

A truck driver is flown to hospital after a crash north of Auckland this morning.

Kiwis dig deep for families of Kaipara boating tragedy

Members of the New Zealand public are giving generously to the families of the men who tragically died in a boating accident in Kaipara

School rallies around kids of Kaipara dad

Givealittle page raises over $10,000 in less than a day in support of family who lost a husband and father killed in the Kaipara Harbour boating accident.

Final moments: 'We can't cross the bar'

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

Kaipara tragedy: Search continues

The search for the man still missing after the Francie capsized in the Kaipara Harbour is continuing.

Harbour tragedy: The faces of Francie

Eleven men were thrown into the rough seas of the Kaipara Harbour on Saturday. Three survived, seven bodies have been recovered and one is still missing.

Skipper was 'accident waiting to happen'

A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.

Kaipara tragedy widow dying of cancer

One of the widows of Saturday's Kaipara Harbour boating tragedy has revealed she has terminal cancer.

Investigators gathering evidence on Kaipara tragedy

Two Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigators are in Auckland gathering evidence into the Kaipara Harbour fishing boat tragedy.

Missing to the sea: 'Just want him home'

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

Kaipara victims 'men of the sea'

A Cook Island father-of-three who hailed from an island renown for fishing has been named by family as one of the victims of Saturday's water tragedy.

Kaipara tragedy: A community in shock

There's a chill in the air in Kaipara, strong winds whipping the flag lowered to half mast into a frenzy on the front lawn.